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Ordnance Survey - Banff county, OS Name Books - Banff county - Volume 26 - Parish of Rathven, OS1/4/26

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Ph [Parish] of Rathven. Co. [County] of Banff.

Note: page signed by William Paton L/Corp RE [Lance Corporal Royal Engineers]

Note: Bede House -- "The origin of this institution is mentioned by Spottiswood in his account of Religious Houses in Scotland, and is as follows: "Rothsan, John Bissett gives to God, and the Church of St Peter's of Rothsan for sustaining seven leprous persons, the patronage of the Kirk of Kyltalargy, to pray for the souls of William and Alexander, Kings of Scotland, and souls of his ancestors and successors, about 1226." New Statistical Account.

Ordnance Survey - Banff county, OS Name Books - Banff county - Volume 26 - Parish of Rathven, OS1/4/26

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Rathven.

Ordnance Survey - Banff county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Banff, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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